I am pleased to announce that I will be speaking at SQL Saturday 452 in Charlotte on Oct 17! Last year, this event had a great turnout. Be a part of it this year! Register Now!
http://www.sqlsaturday.com/452/eventhome.aspx
My topic is ''First Look at SQL Server 2016''. Microsoft has been busy working on the next ...

Once again, I am serving on the PASS Program Committee this year for the App Dev Track. As we are about to start the reviewing process, I had some thoughts that I wanted to share. Last year, we had approximately 200 abstracts to review. It should be a similar volume this year. For me, abstracts usually go into three piles - ...

Recently, a partner of Scalability Experts asked me to write a blog relating to the Day 1 Keynote of PASS Summit 2014. Here is a link to the post.
http://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/keeping-your-eyes-on-the-skies-a-partners-view-on-sql-server-and-ucs
Enjoy!

It has been confirmed that I will be delivering a webcast on ''What to Expect at the PASS SUmmit 2013'' on Oct 3, 2013 at 12:30pm ET. Here is the link to register for the event.
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7411380526146008833
This is targeted at First Time Attendees of the summit, but all are welcome to join. This ...

Next week, I am tentatively planning a webcast on Oct 3, 2013 @ 12:30pm ET as I have done over the past couple of years aimed at First Time Attendees. Once I get things confirmed, I will post a link for registration. I updated my PPT Deck with the new information and realized that most of the message and events / timings are ...

The sessions of the event 24 Hours of PASS: Summit Preview (which was held on last July 31) were recorded and now they are available for online streaming!
If you have missed one session in particular or the entire live event, you can view and review your preferred sessions; you can find all details here.
This edition of 24 Hours of PASS wants ...

Tomorrow will mark another chapter in the 24 Hours of PASS series.I am involved once again - this time in a moderator role. The event begins at 8am ET for me. I will be introducing Alberto Ferrari who will be speaking on ''Excel 2013 Power Pivot in Action'' which is a great self-service BI story.
This 24hop event will be in a different ...

Last year, I had a series of blog posts that matched up with a webcast I did targeting First Timers to the PASS Summit 2011. Here is a link to the final blog post which is a summary of those posts and links to the main points in the series. A good deal of the information in those posts are still relevant. I am in the process of ...

I recently got my DVD set from the PASS 2011 Summit and started to look through all of the sessions that I missed. Wow! I can't wait to go through all of these! It will take me a while.
Since this is a new year and many people are often greeted with new challenges (like a new server to manage), I decided that this session would ...

As I alluded to in my blog series on ''What to expect at the 2001 PASS Community Summit'', the SQL Clinic will once again be in full swing. See the following blog post on how to best be prepared to get your question answered. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/psssql/archive/2011/09/19/inside-the-sql-server-clinic.aspx